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Lakes Entertainment Weighs Cost of Appeal

MASSACHUSETTS – As reported by the Boston Herald: "Midwest gambling powerhouse that spent millions backing a Central Massachusetts American Indian group's recently spurned effort to win official tribal recognition is weighing whether to bankroll a potentially costly appeal.

"A marketing executive working with the Sutton-based tribe insisted yesterday that Lakes Entertainment continues to finance Nipmuc Nation, for which the Minneapolis company had hoped to build a New England casino.

"But Guy Conrad, head of Farsight Marketing, said the Nipmuc leaders plan to sit down with Lakes executives to discuss what appeals to pursue - and whether Lakes will pay for any of them.

"Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs rejected the Nipmuc group's petition for tribal recognition, a move that may doom hopes by the Indian group and its backers to open a casino.

"…At this point, Lakes has made no commitments, one way or another, about financing an appeal, Conrad acknowledged…"

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